***Republicans are less risk-averse and want most restrictions lifted.***
I’m not so certain I agree with the generalization here. Besides all the Fearpers out there, I know plenty of conservative Republicans in my own real world sphere who are quite risk averse because of CoVid. They approve of the shutdown, masks, and social distancing, and have no desire to go anywhere or do anything without masks and social distancing until there is a vaccine. They think a vaccine is the Holy Grail. It will save all of us!
It’s not that I think a vaccine won’t be helpful, it will be. It’s that these people don’t want to go back to old normal without masks and social distancing. The media has convinced them that they won’t get CoVid by using a mask or social distancing. Now, if you never go anywhere anymore, you might stay safe, but is that living? To each his own, I guess.